Officers from the Darling Downs Tactical Crime Squad have charged a 16-year-old boy as part of ongoing investigations into vehicle and property offences in the South Burnett region.
Police will allege the boy was involved in a number of incidents in Cherbourg, Wondai and Murgon between April 11 and 12.
At 3.07am on 11 April police received reports of an unknown number of people walking along South Street in Wondai, allegedly attempting to break into cars.
It is alleged the same group then broke into a property on Grant Street and threatened the occupants before stealing a Hyundai Tucson and a Kia Sportage.
Following further attempted burglaries on Scott Street in Wondai and Heading Street in Murgon, it is alleged the offenders continued to travel through the Cherbourg area in the stolen cars along with a white Toyota Landcruiser.
The Hyundai was later located around 5:25am at the intersection of Bell Street and Broadway Street after allegedly being set on fire and the Kia was recovered abandoned by police on Fisher Street.
The Toyota Landcruiser, reported stolen from a property in Moffatdale at 11.50pm on 10 April, was located near Cherbourg cemetery.
The arrest follows a targeted three-day operational surge by officers across the South Burnett region as part of Operation Yankee Forge.
A 16-year-old Cherbourg boy has been charged with 17 offences including three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, two counts each of armed robbery, enter premises with intent, and one count each of attempted enter dwelling with intent at night in company, enter dwelling with intent by break in company and stealing.
He has been remanded in custody to appear in the Kingaroy Childrens Court on 25 May.
Between 27 February and 20 April police have charged 158 people with 501 offences related to robbery, unlawful entry and unlawful use of a motor vehicle across the Darling Downs District.
